You sounded like Dolly parton on helium.” (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'”Eight Days A Week.)
SIMON COWELLIt’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain’s got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you’re talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.
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I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there’s something about, I don’t know there’s something very special when you’ve signed an artist and that first record comes in and it’s a good record. It is an indescribable feeling.
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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
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I’m obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.
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There’s one argument that says we shouldn’t be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you’ve got to take it case by case.
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It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time…. I was born to be a dad.
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I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
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I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don’t have time for them. I can’t make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days.
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Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates – working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it.
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If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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I couldn’t think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I’ve seen it destroy people.
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I think if you’re an unhappy person, you’re always going to be an unhappy person. You’re probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I’m being honest.
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Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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I didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don’t know what that audience are into and I don’t particularly like that kind of music.
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I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
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